Jagdev -"the conqueror"

Rourkela, Jan 1: “We should be in the driver’s seat and not in driven seat. We should control the situation and the situation should not control us,” emphasised G S Prasad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) while interacting with the employees of various departments during his visit to various units of the steel plant to convey his greetings to the employees on the occasion of New Year. He expressed confidence that the New Year will be even better than the past year and RSP will be touching new peaks of excellence in production as well as profitability in the year 2015. “Each employee has to make an effort to catapult RSP to the next orbit,” he stressed. It is worth mentioning here that the CEO along with Umesh Kumar, ED (MM), MK Das, ED (Projects), SK Acharya, ED (Projects), Ashwini Kumar, ED (Works) and other senior officers visited all the major units of the Plant and the Township. The employees reciprocated their wishes with immense war...

Bhubaneswar, Oct 20: The Odisha High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former government chief whip and BJD’s Banki MLA Pravat Tripathy over his alleged complicity in the multi-thousand crore chit fund scam being inquired by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the state. BJD's Banki MLA Pravat Tripathy The decision of High Court is a major setback for Tripathy and the ruling BJD as well. The Court had kept its verdict reserved after completing hearing on the anticipatory bail plea of Tripathy on October 16. It had also extended the interim relief granted to him over the period from arrest by CBI in chit fund link. Tripathy had moved the High Court after CBI raided his house and interrogated in connection with the chit fund scam. He had moved the High Court on September 15 seeking anticipatory bail apprehending that the investigating agency may arrest him anytime. “I respect the verdict of High Court. I was cooperating the CBI inqu...

Rourkela, Oct 2: The Swachh Bharat campaign that has been launched Nationwide to focus on mass awareness and lasting behavioural change, entered a decisive phase with taking of the ‘Swachh Bharat’ pledge on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. It is worth mentioning here that the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has given a clarion call to make Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a neat and clean Nation come true. As a part of this Mission, C S Verma, Chairman, SAIL administered the pledge to the SAIL collective through a video conference today. A ‘Swachh SAIL, Sundar SAIL’ campaign has also been launched to mark the occasion. In the morning G S Prasad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) led a cleanliness drive along with other senior officers of RSP and office bearers of Rourkela Chamber of Commerce at the Banei gate chowk. A broom in hand as the CEO swept the street, it struck a note of solidarity with the nationwide campaign and spread the message o...

Bhubaneswar, Sept 29: Commissionerate Police today arrested a 30-year-old man for duping a Sundarpada resident of Rs 1.09 lakh impersonating himself as a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer. Accused Balaram Das The victim has been identified as Ashis Patra (25). According to Nayapalli police, Balaram Das, the accused hails from Bhadrak district, impersonating him as an inspector of CRPF had taken Rs 1.09 lakhs from Patra promising him to provide home appliances like fridge, television, washing machine and others from a defence canteen in Vishakhapatnam at 50 per cent less than the actual rate of these appliances. The accused had taken the amount from Patra in August 22. But later the accused had failed to return the received amount of the victim after his repeated calls. Police said the victim reported the matter to police today after he failed to receive the given amount from the accused. Acting on the complaint, a case under sections 170 (person...

Rourkela, Sept 29: “Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP)’s strength is its people and they will achieve the desired goals,” observed the Panel of Judges for the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the Best Integrated Steel Plant of the country 2013-14 at the closing meeting at Mandira Dam on Sunday. The panel comprised Dr J N Choubey, former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka, Dr B N Singh, former-CMD, RINL, K A P Singh, former MD, BSL, Dr T Mukherjee, former Deputy MD, Tata Steel, Prof P K Sen, IIT, Kharagpur, Dr Sanak  Mishra, former MD, RSP, J K Tandon, former CEO,  Essar Steel, K K Mehrotra, former CMD, MECON, Prof N K Chadha, HOD, Psychology, Delhi University and O P Lal, former Minister and Trade Union Leader. G S Prasad, CEO, RSP, Executive Directors, General Managers and several departmental HODs attended the meeting. Each member on the Panel was highly appreciative of the efforts taken by RSP for setting on the trajectory which will take it to the elite g...

Ajit Kumar Parida Bhubaneswar, Sept 29: The BJP backed Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won the president’s post in the students’ union elections of the University Law College (ULC) Bhubaneswar that held today. ABVP presidential candidate Ajit Kumar Parida defeated Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) candidate Rakesh Dash by a lesser margin of nine votes, said college authority sources. Besides, BCJD candidate Abhilash Mohanty was declared general secretary uncontested.

Bhubaneswar, Sept 2: Hundreds of Data Entry Operators today staged demonstration in front of the residence of the Odisha’s revenue minister Bijayashree Routray here demanding permanent status in their job and increment in salary package. The agitators shouted anti-government slogans calling for immediate fulfilment of their demands. The data entry operators were appointed on contractual basis in 2006 at 306 Tehsil offices across the state. “Initially we were appointed for preparing land records but later we were engaged in for digitization of land records. Besides we have been attached to different services in various state government initiatives including e-Governance and e-District project. But the government has been ignoring us in granting a permanent status to our jobs,” alleged president of Odisha State Tahasil Data Entry Operators Association, Nrusingha Charan Nayak. As many as 600 data entry operators were working in 317 tehsils across the state. The association ...